Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Petersham. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Ashfield, Burwood, Croydon, Leichhardt and Marrickville.[1] [2]
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||||
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1920–1927 | Edward McTiernan | 1920–1927 | Tom Hoskins | 1920–1927 | Sydney Shillington | 1920–1922 | James Wilson | 1920–1922 | |||||||||||||
John Ness | 1922–1927 | 1922–1925 | |||||||||||||||||||
Milton Jarvie | 1925–1927 |
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Western Suburbs.